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Design and Implementation of Precision Time Synchronization in Wireless Networks Using ZigBee

ZigBee를 이용한 무선 네트워크 환경에서의 정밀 시각 동기 기법 설계 및 구현

  • Published : 2008.05.31
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Abstract

Time synchronization is essential for a number of network applications such as high speed communication and parallel/distribution processing systems. As the era of ubiquitous computing is ushered in, the high precise time synchronization in wireless networks have been required in. This paper presents the design ana the implementation of the high precision time synchronization in wireless networks using ZigBee. To achieve high precision requirements, we have tried to analyze and reduce error factors such as the latency and jitters of a protocol stack on wireless environments. In addition, this paper includes some experiments and performance evaluations of our system. The result is that we established for nodes in a network to maintain their elects to within a 50 nanosecond offset from the reference clock.

시각 동기 기술은 초고속 통신, 병렬/분산 처리 시스템 등의 근간이 되는 기술이다. 최근 유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅에 대한 관심도가 증가하고, 요구하는 응용이 다양해짐에 따라 무선 환경에서 높은 정밀도를 유지하는 시각 동기 기술을 요구되어지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 요구사항을 만족시키기 위해서 ZigBee를 이용한 무선 네트워크에서의 정밀 시각 동기 기법을 설계하고 구현한다. 시각 동기 과정 중 프로토콜 계층에서 발생되는 지연을 최소화하고, 메시지 송수신 과정에서 발생하는 에러 요인을 분석 및 제거함으로서 정밀 시각 동기를 유지한다. 또한, 본 논문에서는 시각 동기 시스템을 검증하고, 성능평가를 수행하였다. 성능평가 결과, 네트워크 내의 노드는 참조 시각원으로부터 50나노초 이하의 시각 동기를 이루었다.

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